The Music City Center has hosted 338 events with 486,681 attendees, accounting for 260,851 room nights since opening in May 2013, CEO Charles Starks announced Tuesday.

In total, estimates show the MCC has generated over $200 million in economic impact since opening.

While a strong May put the MCC on pace to surpass economic impact projections for its first full fiscal year, which ends June 30, it's still significantly shy of meeting initial room night projections of 445,558. Convention and city officials have since decreased fiscal year '13-'14 room night estimates to 266,805, as reported by the NBJ last month. First-year projections called for 466,950 attendees, which the MCC has now surpassed.

“We celebrated our first anniversary last month and we could not be more pleased with how our first year has gone,” said Starks, in a news release. “Most of the groups with us so far in 2014 have seen record attendance and because of this, we have already greatly exceeded economic impact projections. The feedback we have received from our customers has been all positive – their attendees love the facility and love coming to Nashville.”

In May, the Music City Center hosted 24 events with 15,358 attendees, generating 15,277 room nights for a total of $10 million in economic impact, according to the data.

City and convention authorities have warned that more full-service hotel rooms within walking distance of the Convention Center are needed to make sure the MCC performs at its peak, although experts warn that peer cities across the country are racing to build more convention hotels as well. If all stays on track, Nashville is set to get a 430-room Westin across from the MCC in 2017. According to tourism officials, the MCC has lost 16 conventions, representing 90,000 room nights, because of inadequate hotel supply.

Starks said today that the MCC has secured 2.1 million hotel room nights through 2026.